“I used to counsel young women never to do two things, or not to do them in conjunction: 1. learn to type; 2. buy pantyhose. …” Could we talk to you about pantyhose? Or rather–could our editorial director, Susann Cokal, talk about them? Below, you’ll find the link to an essay about their storied past, their...

“Dreams seem to like it when you pay attention to them, and they get more and more vivid …” At Broad Street, we’re all about telling true stories in multiple forms. We have big dreams. So do poet Judith Serin and artist Masami Inoue. For some time now, Judith has been working on a series of prose...

A dispatch from the Shameless Promotion Department: The March issue of The Writer includes a detailed conversation with Broad Street Editorial Director Susann Cokal about the magazine, its editorial direction and philosophy, and some terrific words about contributors and the upcoming Bedeviled issue. Check it out on newsstands now!

Broad Street is excited to see the final copy of our very own Susann Cokal’s latest book, The Kingdom of Little Wounds. Set in the Scandinavian city of Skyggehavn (Skü-geh-hown, rhymes with “down”) during the Renaissance, the novel tells the tale of two young women, seamstress Ava Bingen and nursemaid Midi Sorte, as they navigate the mystical and...